Increase in number of pedestrians killed & injured on London roads.

After nine years of decline to 2010, the number of pedestrians killed and seriously injured (KSI) is rising in the capital. In 2012, 69 pedestrians were fatally injured on London’s roads, compared with 58 in 2010. In the same period, the total number of pedestrian KSI’s increased by 23% [1]. Pedestrian casualties accounted for 37 per cent of all serious injuries and 51 per cent of all fatalities on London’s roads in 2012.

The London Assembly Transport Committee will tomorrow explore what the Mayor and TfL have identified as the causes for pedestrian KSI’s, test the validity of these conclusions and determine the likely impact of the measures that have been or are being put in place to improve pedestrian safety.